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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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There's been a / some acceleration in economic growth.
What's the difference between a and some in the sentence, if any?
What's the difference between a and some in the sentence, if any?
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Anonymous What's the difference between a and some in the sentence, if any? 'acceleration' begins with a vowel sound, so it takes 'an', not 'a'. Therefore, the difference is that one is correct and the other is wrong.
- Anonymous What's the difference between a and some in the sentence, if any?
- 'acceleration' begins with a vowel sound, so it takes 'an', not 'a'.
- Therefore, the difference is that one is correct and the other is wrong.
- Supposing you change 'a' to 'an', the difference is in how 'acceleration' is conceptualized.
- 'an' makes it countable, and therefore an instance of one acceleration event; 'some' makes it uncountable, and therefore means something roughly like 'a little', 'a small but measurable amount of'.
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AnonymousWhat's the difference between a and some in the sentence, if any?'acceleration' begins with a vowel sound, so it takes 'an', not 'a'. Therefore, the difference is that one is correct and the other is wrong.
Supposing you change 'a' to 'an', the difference is in how 'acceleration' is conceptualized. 'an' makes it countable, and therefore an
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